Thaksin may face probe

Court considers trial
over Shin dealings;
Thai stocks fall 1.4%

By

James Hookway

Updated Feb. 15, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's Constitutional Court tomorrow will begin considering whether to put Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on trial over allegations he illegally oversaw affairs at Shin Corp., in which his family last month sold its controlling stake.

If the court decides there is sufficient evidence to try Mr. Thaksin, it could trigger a months-long investigation into his business affairs. At the least, that would sustain...